Top Shelf Tea

Cup $8 / Pot $13 / Loose $18

Top shelf teas are the best of the best. Especially rare and an amazing delicacy. Raise your level of tea sophistication and experience these unique teas.

Gyokuro Imperial (Japan)

Exquisite aroma and taste, and represents the pinnacle of organic Japanese green tea. It is shaded prior to harvesting, which stresses the tea plant, resulting in a higher chlorophyll content. In the cup, this creates a fuller body and bolder vegetal quality.

Bai Hao Silver Needle White (China)

Our organic Bai Hao tea comes from China’s Fujian province. This tea consists of only the most delicate downy buds from the tea plant’s newest growth. The pale yellow infusion has a rich, nectar-like body. It yields a light, honey-sweet fragrance with a delicate sweetness and smooth, clean finish. This tea is absolutely devoid of astringency.

Cloud & Mist Green (China)

A rare and outstanding organic green tea from the cloud and mist zone of China. The aroma is slightly floral with an underlying note of roasted macadamia. In water, those strands unwind and turn a creamy green, revealing tender leaves and buds. The infused tea is surprisingly sweet and bright, with a hint of butter and grass.

Sparrow Tongue Yellow (China)

This rare and limited edition elegant organic tea is made of needle-like dark and light leaves that steep a smooth, delicate cup with no astringency. Yellow tea has a lighter flavor, yet not quite as light as white tea, and not as vegetal or grassy as many green teas. The aroma is described as flowery, fresh and mild.

White Tea

Cup $3 / Pot $5 / Loose $8

White tea is known to be one of the most delicate tea varieties because it is so minimally processed. White tea is harvested before the tea plant's leaves open fully, when the young buds are still covered by fine white hairs.

White Peony (China)

White Peony is the most common style of traditional white tea and consists of two tea leaves and a bud. Prized for its smooth, sweet flavor and slight woody, toasted aroma.

Lavender White (China/France)

Organic white tea blended with the highest grade of organic lavender (super grade). French lavender possesses a very fragrant aroma and distinct flavors that become more subtle when used in tea. An absolute luxury!

Green Tea

Cup $3 / Pot $5 / Loose $8

Green Tea is loaded with antioxidants and nutrients that have powerful effects on the body.

Jasmine (China)

Gunpowder (China)

Traditional green tea leaves rolled into small pearls that unfurl before your eyes. Bursting with energy they resemble pellets of gunpowder. Slightly roasted, smoky and astringent in character, this is a classic Chinese green tea cup with a smooth, nutty flavor.

Earl Grey Green (China/US)

A new version of a favorite. Organic green tea base scented with oil of organic Bergamot, a citrus plant from Sicily.

Sencha (Japan)

Sencha is the quintessential organic tea from Japan. Special blending and firing techniques are used to produce this organic green tea, resulting in a rich vegetal flavor and aroma reminding of dark greens with moderate bitterness and a slight nutty quality.

Dragonwell (China)

Also known as Lung Ching, is considered the most popular tea in the world and the National Drink of China. Tea drinkers all over the world recognize the sweet aroma and the delicate flavors that this specific type of tea offer.

Moroccan Mint (China/US)

An organic blend of mellow green teas, favored mints, and a hint of lemon grass combine in a crisp, aromatic, and brightly flavorful cup. Refreshing.

Oolong Tea

Cup $5 / Pot $7 / Loose $10

Milk Oolong (Vietnam)

This Jin Xuan cultivar of Milk Oolong was created in 1981 as an experiment by Taiwan’s Tea Research and Experimentation Station. It was popularized because of it’s golden liquor, buttery mouth feel, and overwhelming notes of sweet cream. A rare treat!

Jade Oolong (Taiwan)

A rare and lightly oxidized oolong tea from the Qingxin cultivar in the high mountainous region of Taiwan. These leaves create a smooth golden green infusion with an orchid aroma, brisk flavor, smooth body, and fruity finish.

Iron Goddess of Mercy (China)

The most famous of oolong teas. A light and golden amber infusion with sweet finish. Complex taste and rich aroma reminiscent of baked grain and apricot.

Honey Bitten Oolong (Taiwan)

A traditional method of crafting roasts the bitten leaf to draw out more honey and fruit flavors. The flavor starts floral—Jasmine, baby’s breath—with an often overlooked tinge of pit fruit. The aftertaste oozes honey, with a thick and syrupy mouthfeel to match.

Oriental Beauty (Taiwan)

Beautiful leaves of white, green, yellow, red, and brown make up this top grade Formosa oolong from Taiwan. Highly oxidized, yet super smooth, the layered cup offers much delight. Summer fruits like peach and nectarine, with a soft sweetness of honey, dwell in these leaves.

Black Tea

Cup $3 / Pot $5 / Loose $8

Classic black teas are known for their rich characteristics and malty, sweet, bright, smooth, and full flavors. Freshly picked leaves are withered, rolled into shape and left to oxidize until they turn black. The leaves are fired or dried and graded for quality and size.

Darjeeling 2nd Flush (India)

This is a rare tea from the first organic and bio-dynamic estate of Makaibari/Jungpana in Darjeeling. The “2nd flush” (harvesting) produces a more robust body with muscatel character and powerful aroma than the first harvesting.Often considered the “Champagne of Teas.”

Nilgiri Exquisite (India)

Hathukuli Assam (India)

Located next to the Kaziranga National Reserve. This estate is known to produce fine organic teas. This blend contains golden tips making it a high quality tea with a rich, malty, robust cup.

Golden Yunnan (China)

A deeply flavored infusion with notes of peppery spice, chocolate, sweet raisin and malty finish. A hearty and rich organic black tea from this famous province.

pu erh Tea

Cup $3 / Pot $5 / Loose $8

Fermented Chinese black tea, also known as Hei Cha. For generations, the people of Yunnan province have wild-harvested the leaves of old, tree-sized tea plants. The pressed leaves' unique shape is called Tuo Cha, or "bowl tea"; it can be aged and enjoyed for years.

Pu Erh Maiden (China)

This organic loose leaf pu-erh is fermented and has a deep reddish-brown liquor that is earthy and nutty-sweet, with hints of espresso and acorn. This is a famous digestive tea, taken after heavy meals or to kick start the digestion.